“It’s even more important to me to have a hand in saving them from extinction.” The gopher tortoise remains a threatened ...

The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when ... but they typically affect only a few dozen turtles annually in Florida. These events occur in waters as far north as Cape Cod ...

The Mote Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital in Sarasota had been closed since hurricanes Helene and Milton but reopened to ...

The gopher tortoise remains a threatened species in Florida because of loss of its upland habitat. They dig burrows that are used by 350 other animal species, according to the Wildlands ...